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'The Simpsons' predicted two of the wildest Winter Olympics moments years ago

If you want to see the future perhaps consider studying episodes of The Simpsons very carefully. Somehow, in some way, the animated series always manages to predict real life, just as it did during the now-concluded 2018 Winter Olympics.

Why? Welp, an episode of The Simpsons had predicted this exact win back in 2010, when Homer and the U.S. team beat — you guessed it — Sweden. 🤔

No one could have predicted that the US would win curling gold, right? Actually, the Simpsons did in a February 14, 2010 episode. They beat Sweden, who the US happened to beat to win gold today (H/T @dansnierson) pic.twitter.com/0gkhycQ3xF

The Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein was quick to draw the comparison between the Winter Games squirrel and the squirrel struck by Homer and Mr. Burns' "rocket house" in the classic "Mountain of Madness" episode. While the Simpsons squirrel wasn't Olympics-specific — and it got hit, unlike the Olympics squirrel — people were still freaked the hell out.

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